Synonyms of amass

amass

verb

ə-ˈmas 

1

as in to collect

to bring together in one body or place

amassed a truckload of donations in the course of their canned food drive

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collect
• gather
• assemble
• accumulate
• garner
• corral
• group
• combine
• join
• congregate
• pack
• concentrate
• get together
• lump
• round up
• bulk (up)
• constellate
• muster
• organize
• unite
• pile
• stack
• pick up
• arrange
• bunch
• compile
• ball
• raise
• batch
• heap
• merge
• connect
• rally
• flock
• herd
• collate
• cluster
• systematize
• swarm
• huddle
• band
• throng
• regroup
• link
• pool
• archive
• press
• brigade
• hive
• scrape (up or together)
• regather
• re-collect

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disperse
• dispel
• scatter
• dissipate
• separate
• send
• dissolve
• sever
• split (up)
• disintegrate
• dismiss
• break up
• disband

2

as in to accumulate

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass

over the last month a huge mound of paperwork has amassed on my desk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accumulate
• gather
• collect
• concentrate
• conglomerate
• pile (up)
• accrete
• build up
• stack (up)
• mass
• drift
• lump
• agglutinate
• clump
• ridge
• bank

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disperse
• scatter
• dissipate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of amass

There will also be an installation sampling from hundreds of thousands of reference images, particularly the 300,000-odd images Meunier has amassed over successive iPhones and which will map his visual thinking. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Both have over 100,000 social media followers, amassed by chronicling their high-society lifestyle and their beauty. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026

Prue built a following online with his viral series How to Piss Off Men, which amassed hundreds of millions of views across social platforms, culminating in a handbook that debuted as an instant New York Times Bestseller. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Men like Lincoln, in selecting square plots on maps, weren’t joining communities so much as amassing commodities. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026